#C8A481#C8A481

#C8A481 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.064 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A481
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(30, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 35.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 8.29, 23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 24.59, 70.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0262 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.064 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0583, 40.4171, 26.4032)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A481 #81A5C8

analogous

#C88182 #C8A481 #C8C881

triadic

#C8A481 #81C8A4 #A481C8

tetradic

#C8A481 #82C881 #81A5C8 #C881C8

square

#C8A481 #82C881 #81A5C8 #C881C8

split-complementary

#C8A481 #81C8C8 #8182C8

monochromatic

#90673F #B58556 #C8A481 #DBC3AC #EDE2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C8A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A481

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A481	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A67F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.064 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabfa5',
    500: '#c8a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a481;
$custom-light: #dabfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.577,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74248,
    "c": 0.06392,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A481

secondary

#C6D3DF

accent

#74B233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A481

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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